Secrets of the Casino

1. A casino speeds up the game if they are worried about losing money. On average, the more games played, the higher their percentage.

2. Are all the players genuine? People from outside, even security guards may be asked to play to make a Casino look fuller.

3. Casinos want you to lose touch with the outside world and your sense of time. There are no clocks inside a Casino, croupiers do not wear watches, and often there are no windows.

4. Don't be pleasantly surprised by all the free drinks on offer in a Casino. It's a business. They want to keep you there and the more drunk you are the less you're likely to win.

5. In a busy game, watch out for the guy who is prepared to steal chips from someone else's pile.

The Colonel's Secret Recipe

Disclaimer: This is not the actual recipe, but it is extreamly close.

1. In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly beat 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of milk, 1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce, and 1/2 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce together.

2.Using the flat of a large cook's knife and a corner of a choppig board, grind 2 large garlic cloves into a paste with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and beat into the mixture.

3.Add 1/2 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh parsley, 1 Knorr chicken stock cube, and about 1/6 cup of flour.

4.Beat in thououghly to avoid any lumps.

5.Separate about 1/4 cup of flour onto a tray for rolling the chicken pieces.

6.In a second large mixing bowl, thoroughly combine 1/4 cup of flour and 4oz fine fresh breadcrumbs(make your own breadcrumbs, don't open a packet).

7.Crush 2 teaspoons black peppercorns on the chopping board under the heel of the large cook's knife and add to flour.

8.Blend in 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder(not garlic salt, but dried powdered garlic), 1/2 teaspoon of onion powder(not onion salt...), and 1/2 teaspoon of paprika, mixing together well with your fingers.

9.Heat oil in a deep fat fryer to 360 degrees F(Oil temperature is crucial, as too hot oil will burn the coating before the chicken inside is fully cooked, while too cool will mean the crumbs and flour absorb the oil to become soggy).

10.Roll each piece of chicken in the flour on the tray until thoroughly coated(If the flour starts to run out before you have finished coating your chicken, simply top the tray up with extra plain flour).

11.Immerse into the egg and milk mixture in the first mixing bowl.

12.Roll in the flour/breadcrumbs boul until totally coated.

13.Lower gently into the hot oil and fry until golden brown in color-3 or 4 minutes approximately.

14.Remove from oil and drain on a tray covered in paper towels. For an alternative finish, serve in a thin cardboard box that soaks up the surplus oil and subsequently transfers it to your clothes.

The Book of Secrets

The book of Secrets contains tidbits of information that many people do not know about. Some of these secrets include some things about Adolf Hitler, James Bond, Winston Churchill, culinary secrets, secret of giving flowers, secrets of the casino, secrets of alchemy (the medieval science that tried to achieve the transformation of base metals such as lead into gold), survival secrets, bargain hunting secrets, sex and dating secrets, marketing secrets, movie secrets, building secrets, traveling secrets, government secrets, weapon secrets, explosives secrets, cleaning secrets, persuasion secrets, secrets on how to remember things, funeral parlor secrets, music secrets, healthy eating secrets, war secrets, secrets of public speaking, the secrets of being a good boss, secret on how to make friends and to influence people, mythology secrets, the secrets to finding a husband, secrets on how Harry Houdini escaped, wine secrets, flight control secrets, and the secret recipe of Colonel Sanders. In my next couple of posts, I will explore deeper into some of these secrets.

Watchmen: End of Chapter 1

Rorschach went to the Rockeffeller Military Research Center to tell Dr. Manhattan and Laurie Juspeczyk about the mask-killer, but he couldn't get it out in time before Dr. Manhattan transported him away. Laurie went out to dinner with Don and she asked herself why she became a superhero in the first place and how the Keene Act, the act that banned all independent superheros, was the best thing that ever happened to her and Don. Laurie and Don then talked about the one guy who pretended to be a supervillain so he could get beaten up and that Rorschach eventually dropped the guy down an elevator shaft.

Watchmen

Watchmen


This book opens with a reading of Rorschach's journal on October 12, 1985, and a pool of blood on the sidewalk that resulted from Edward Blake being thrown out of the skyscraper. Rorschach came to investigate the crime sceene and found out that Edward Blake was the Comedian. Rorschach then came to Daniel's place to wait for him. Rorschach and Daniel then talked about possible motives for the murder and went down to their former secret lair. Rorschach and Daniel then talked about being former partners and that the good times ended when Daniel quit. On October 13, 1985, Rorschach went to a bar and demanded that somebody told him who killed Edward Blake. When Rorschach produced no results from the bar, he went to go tell a fellow masked crusader about the Comedian's death. Rorschach then told the other crusader that the Mask-Killer was on the loose and to watch his back.